Meaning of revolving door | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A door that rotates around a central pivot.
2. A system or institution that people exit and immediately reenter.
   figuratively
3. A movement of personnel between roles as legislators and regulators, on the one hand, and members of the industries affected by the legislation and regulation, on the other.
4. Synonym of recidivism.

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Examples

“Indeed, we happily condemn damaged children – at enormous expense – to hellholes like⟳ Feltham, where they are more likely to be assaulted or killed than to find⟳ an escape⟳ from the revolving doors of courts, prisons and addiction.”

“After the prime minister’s abrupt Downing Street statement, in which she announced that another leadership contest would be held within a week, Starmer attacked what he called “this revolving door of chaos”.”

“We've had 14 Secretaries of State through the revolving door in the first 23 years of this century. And the civil servants rotate through the departments with similar speed⟳.”

“Indeed, of all the companies in the US, Monsanto is perhaps the most notorious for the “revolving door” between its top management and the key staffers of the federal agencies that write⟳ the rules governing its products.”

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